Request for New CLINICAL Listing
WUSM 2011-2012 Elective Booklet
Full-Time CLINICAL Electives
E-Mail
address: Yu_F@kids.wustl.edu
Course Master(s)
Feliciano Yu, MD
Contact Person and
Telephone Number
Leslie Frandsen - (314) 454-2724
Office Location
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Suite 3S36, One Children’s Place, St. Louis, MO 63110
Telephone Number
314-454-2808
Fax:
Campus
Box:
Weeks offered (refer to enclosed calendar)
9-12; 13-16; 17-20; 21-24; 29-32; 33-26; 41-44
Capacity per period
2
Location to report on first day of elective interval
Dr. Yu’s office at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Time to report on first day of elective
9:00am
Title of Clinical Elective
* Please note title cannot be over 40 characters
Quality of Care through Health Informatics (M65 880)
or spaces in length
Description of clinical elective
Health Informatics lies at the intersection of information science, computer science and health care delivery. It is an emerging
scientific field that deals with biomedical data, information and knowledge - their storage, retrieval, and optimal use for problem
solving and decision making. It touches on all basic and applied fields in biomedicine and is closely tied to modern healthcare
communication and information technologies, such as Electronic Health Records (EHR). EHRs are fast becoming ubiquitous in
the clinical settings. These systems offer the greatest potential for practice-based learning and improvement as well as research.
In this elective, the student will be exposed to the concepts and application of health informatics as it relates to improving the
quality of care. The first week will involve a tour of the institutions's health informatics infrastructure (i.e., clinical information
systems, clinical decision support, electronic health records, etc) and organizational structures that impact quality; didactics on
health informatics and quality improvement; and real-world exposure to health informatics and quality improvement activities. The
second week will involve a self-directed study on real clinical issues and its potential for process improvement. The major
emphasis of this elective is to increase the student's awareness to a systems-based approach to improving quality of healthcare.
The student will be evaluated by the attendance, level of participation as well as on a 1-2 page deliverable at the end of the
rotation, describing a real-world clinical issue that is appropriate for quality improvement. At the end of the rotation, the student will
have gained practical knowledge and exposure to health informatics and how it relates to improving the care delivery process.
In addition to the above course description, please answer the following questions:
Distribution of Students’ time (list approximate percentages):
Inpatient
10
Outpatient
10
Conferences/Lectures
80
100%
Primary Care
0
Subspecialty Care
100
100%
Average number of patients seen each week:
None
On-call/weekend responsibility:
None
Who is responsible for major teaching:
Feliciano Yu, MD
Return this form to your Department Chair by Friday, December 3, 2010
Please call the Curriculum Office (747-3854) if you have any questions concerning your course or the elective year.